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CASH REGISTER.

No. 461,673. Patented Oct. 20, 1891.

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IVILLARD HERBERT GILMAN, OF BOSTON, MASSAOHUSFT'S, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFTO FMERY OSGOOI) BIOKNELL, OF SAME PLACE.

CASH-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 461,673, dated October20, 1891.

Serial No. 402,644. (No model.)

To all whom, t may con/cern.'

Be it known that I, WILLARD HERBERT GILMAN, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new andnsefulImprovements in Cash and Check Registers, (for which improvementsan application for Letters Patent of Canada has been made by me,) ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention has relation to check and cash registers; and it has forits object the prvision of a machine which shall be very simple inconstruction and inexpensive of manufacture and be at the same timeadapted to employ with efficiency, certainty, and readiness ordinarychecks to indicate to the purchaser the amount deposited as paid andalso to record the amount received from time to time.

To these ends the invention consists of a check and cash registeringmachine compris- Ving in its construction a case, a rotary shaft orarbor provided with a plurality of checkreceptacles, a check-depository,a movable money-depository, and contrivances intermediate of themoney-depository and the rotary shaft or arbor, whereby the movement ofthe former may actuate the latter, so as to deliver the checks thereincontained into the check-depository, all as is hereinafter more fullydescribed, and particularly pointed ont in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the annexed drawings and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, forming a part of this specification, the sameletters designating the same parts or features, as the case maybe,wherever they occur.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 is a perspeciive view of the inventioncomplete. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same, a portion beingrepresented as broken olf. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation, part of thecasing being represented as broken away. Fig. 4 is asectional rearelevat-ion. Fig. 5 is a sectional top plan view of the movablecheck-receptacle and its immediate adj uncts. Fig. G is a sectional sideelevation. Fig. 7 is a detail view in perspective of part of the meansfor locking and Fig. S is a detail view in perspective of a portionofthe check-receptacle.

In carrying out the invention there maybe constructed a suitable casingor frame a for supporting and inclosing the various useful parts of themachine. The forward part of the base of the casing is provided with adrawer Z), to the rear of which is a chamber c, constituting acheck-depository. In an upright portion of the casing over thecheckdepository a shaft d is suitably journaled, which shaft is providedat intervals with pairs of grooved spokes c, which constitutetheindividual check-receptacles. Upon the shaft (Z at any suitable pointthere is affixed a ratchet f, which is engaged by the free end of a pawlor dog g, held in engagement with the ratchet by a spring bearingthereagainst. The lower end of the pawl is pivoted to a lever 7L by apivotpin t', one end of which extends through a curved slot jin thecasing and through the pivotal aperture in the lever 7L and the otherend projects inward, so that it may fall into a notch 7u or rest uponthe lower surface of a rearward extension Z of the drawings, as bestshown in Fig. '7. A spring m, connected at one end to the lever 7L andat the opposite end to a stationary part of the casing, serves to holdthe said lever and pawl g normally in raised position, as is representedin Figs. 2 and 6.

n designates a bell secured to the casing a, and ois a pivoted hammerconstructed and arranged to be brought into contact with and sound thebell. ing this result, the arm of the bell may be provided with anextension p, adapted to be struck by a projection q on the dog g whenthe latter is drawn down by the depression of the lever 7L.

The front of the upright portion ofthe casing is provided with slots@which register with the slots formed on the inner sides of the spokes cwhen the latter are brought toa horizontal position and with their freeends extending toward the front of the casing, as is best seen in Figs.2 and 0.

I prefer to provide the shaft el at points op- As a means foraccomplish-v unlocking the money drawer or depository. posite the slotsr with four pairs of spokes e, roo

' the front and rear of the machine.

as shown, so that a quarter of a revolution of the said shaft will carrythe pair of spokes opposite to and registering with the slots rt-o aperpendicular position above the shaft, and so on until upon the fourthquarter movement of the shaft the said spokes will have been broughtinto their first-mentioned position.

The check-depository c is arranged lbelow the shaft d and is dividedinto compartments by partitions s, so that there shall be a compartmentbeneath each set of pairs of spokes e, to receive the checks which mayfall from the latter.

Above the slots lr in the upright portion of the casing is an openingIwhich may be covered by a glass t, and a similar opening is provided inthe rear of the casing, so that the check or a portion thereof which mayhave been thrust into place in the grooved spokes and moved with thelatter to vertical position may be seen by' the purchaser or otherperson who may be standing either in front or in the rear of themachine.

Thile I have mentioned the openings or apertures as covered with glass,it is obvious that the said openings maybe left uncovered or be coveredwith other material than glass.

u designates shelving, which may be arranged upon the casing over themoney-receiving' drawer and be suitably divided by partitions orotherwise for the reception of checks of varying denominations, as isrepresented in Figs. 1, 3, and 6.

The lower part r of the front of the upright portion of the casing ismade removable, so that by removing the shelving u and the part u of thecasing access may be had to the check-depository c.

The checks may have different denominations or numbers printed on eachend and upon both sides, each number upon each side being inverted withrespect to the other number upon the same side.

The operation of the machine may be as follows: The cashier receivingthe amount of the payment from the customer will take a check indicatingthat amount and pass it through the aperture r into the grooves in thespokes e, the casing being cut away, as at w, sufficiently to permit thecheck being passed into the grooves in the spokes beyond the outer endsthereof. The lever h will next be depressed, which will release the pinfrom the notch 7c, formed in the rearward extension of the drawer andpermit the drawer to be impelled slightly forward by a spring. (Notshown.) By the depression of the lever h the pawl g will have been drawndown, turning the ratchetf and shaft d onequarter of a revolution andcarrying the spokes into which a check was last placed from a horizontalposition opposite the apertures r to a perpendicular position anddisplaying the number or denomination thereon through the glass-coveredopenings t both at Simultaneously with the moving of the shaft d andspokes e, as before described, the spokes standing out horizontally'from the shaft opposite to those spokes in which the check was placedwill be carried around, so that they will extend down vertically fromthe shaft and discharge a check that may have been placed therein intothe check depository there below. In depressing the lever 71, anddrawing down the pawl g the projection (l on the latter device willengage the arm p of the bell and sound the same. Upon pushing themoney-drawer l) back into place the spring 'nt will raise the lever 7Land pawl g, so that the pin t' will engage the notch 7a and the upperend of the pawl will engage a new tooth of the ratchet f. In this waythe amount of each payment may be clearly indicated to the purchaser,proprie'tor7 or other person both at the front and rear of the device,and the amount of the previous purchase can be inspected through theglass-covered aperture in the rear, which is an important .feature ofthe invention.

The numbers or denominations upon the checks in the depository c willdenote the amount of money received, so that the cash in the drawer bshould correspond therewith. In this way a complete and accurate recordof money received within any period of time may be kept and an effectivecheck upon the cashier or money-receiving clerk maintained.

In both Figs. 3 and a I have shown checks in position to be displayedthrough the glasscovered apertures and also checks falling from thegrooved spokes into the check-depository.

It will be seen that the device is exceedingly simple in construction,certain in its operation, and not likely to get out of order throughordinary use. Moreover, the invention provides a means for exhibitingthe amount of each payment and for keeping an absolutely correct recordof all money received.

Having` thus explained the nature of my invention and described a way ofconstructing and using the same, though without attempting to set forthall of the forms of its construction or all of its modes of use, Ideclare that what I claim isl. A check and cash register comprising inits construction a case, a rotary shaft or arbor provided with aplurality of check-receptacles, a check-depository, a movablemoneydepository, and devices intermediate of the latter and the shaft orarbor, whereby by the movement of the money-depository the said rotaryshaft or arbor will be first moved to display the check and subsequentlymoved to deposit the check in the check-depository,as set forth.

2. A check and cash registercomprising in its construction a caseprovided with glasscovered apertures and check -introducing slots, acheck-depository, a rotary shaft provided with a plurality ofcheck-receiving de- ICO ITO

vices, and mechanism for imparting an in termitting rotary mot-ion tothe said shaft to display the cheeks at said glass-covered apertures anddeposit the same in the checkdepository, as set forth.

3. A check and cash register comprising in its construction a caseprovided with glasscovered apertures at both front and rear andcheck-introducing slots, a check-depository, a rotary shaft providedWith four check-receiving devices opposite each check-receiving slot andglass-covered aperture, the said check-receiving devices radiating fromthe four quadrants or quarters of the circumference of the said shaft,and mechanism for moving the shaft intermittingiy to the extent of aquarter-rotation at each of said movements, as set forth.

VILLARD HERBERT GILMAN.

Witn esses:

A. D. HARRISON, C. F. BROWN.

